Released 31 January 2013 All the Lights in the Sky
(2013) Underline
(2014) Release date 31 January 2013 Label Smihilism Records | Length 49:46 Artist Area 11 Producer Tom Clarke Genre Rock | |
Recorded August 2012-December 2012 Studio Room4 Studios,
(Bristol, United Kingdom) Blackline
(2011) All the Lights in the Sky
(2013) | ||
Area 11 all the lights in the sky full album excluding intro transitions hd
All the Lights in the Sky is the debut album by the English Rock band Area 11. Released on January 31, 2013, the album was originally available exclusively on digital format, however as the band grew they began to distribute limited edition physical copies of the album. All The Lights In The Sky was written and produced entirely by the band themselves and released independently. Despite the band's strictly independent status, the album was a success and spawned a number of sell-out tours across the UK.
Contents
Area 11 all the lights in the sky
Recording
The Band formed in 2010 in Nottingham, England. After releasing their debut EP Blackline the following year they gained the attention of the popular YouTube broadcasting group The Yogscast, Tom Clarke (Sparkles*) and Guitarist Alex Parvis, and were then contracted as audio/video producers by the group. Shortly after this the band began to record their debut album, and documented its progress in a three-part YouTube series.
The band released the album digitally on January 31, 2013. Several guest vocalists appeared on the album including; YouTube singing sensation Beckii Cruel who was featured as a guest vocalist on the tracks "Shi No Barado", and "System;Start. Additionally online content producers Martyn Littlewood, Stephanie Louise, and Sam Thorne performed dialogue in the album's introduction "System;Start."
Track listing
All tracks written by Area 11 and Sparkles*, except where noted.
Note: As a hidden track, the a reworked version of the 4th movement of Bōsōzoku Symphonic, "All the Lights in the Sky" is placed in the pregap of the first track on the CD release of the album. It can also be found on the digital disc 4 of the [COMPLETE] re-release of the album.
Additional releases
A re-release of the album, called All The Lights In The Sky [COMPLETE] was available for pre-order on 19th December 2013 and released on 13th January 2014. While the purchase contained an original copy of the physical disc, the digital download consisted of 4 11-tracks discs. Discs 2 and 3 were off-vocal and commentary versions of the original album tracks, respectively, while disc 4 contained demos, extended/updated songs, and "The Legendary Sannin," a song from their previous release, Blackline and the B-side to the single "Shi No Barado."
Commercial performance
Considering the band's size the album was a commercial success, charting at number 75 on the Official UK Albums Chart and selling over 12,000 copies worldwide.
Songs
1System;Start1:05
2Vectors3:41
3Euphemia4:46